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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2020
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, SA;
Qian Chen, Thuwal, SA;
Raid Alrowais, Thuwal, SA;
Muhammad Burhan, Lahore, PK;
Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Rahim Yar Khan, PK;
Doskhan Ybyraiymkul, Almaty, KZ;
Faheem Hassan Akhtar, Thuwal, SA;
Kim Choon Ng, Singapore, SG;
KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Thuwal, SA;
Abstract
A direct-contact, spray-assisted, evaporation and condensation, DCSEC system includes a heating block configured to receive and heat up seawater; plural evaporation and condensation stages, wherein n is a natural number, each stage being configured to generate water vapors through flash evaporation; an evaporation only stage connected to a last stage of the plural evaporation and condensation stages, the evaporation only stage configured to receive a brine from the last stage n of the plural evaporation and condensation stages; an input/output block configured to receive the brine from the evaporation only stage and to discharge it outside the system, and also to receive cooling water; and a pressure-swing regeneration block fluidly connected to the evaporation only stage to receive the water vapors and to generate a hot vapor, which is provided to the heating block for heating the seawater.